This easy hamburger steak recipe with tomato basil sauce is perfect for family lunch or dinner. I made this dish for my husband and kids last night and they absolutely devoured it. My favorite thing to do is cut pieces up and dip them in the sauce.
This tomato basil sauce uses tomato paste which is the perfect ingredient for it. That’s because tomato paste is a thick condensed tomato ingredient. It’s made by cooking tomatoes down for several hours which reduces the water content. The seeds and skins are strained out of the paste as well.
Similarly the hamburger steak recipe contains ground beef. Ground beef is also called minced beef or beef mince. It’s ground down and finely minced through a meat grinder or mincing machine. Another ingredient I like in this dish includes dried oregano. Oregano comes from a flowering plant native to Western and Southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean area.
Ground beef makes the best simple family dinner.
Oregano is a culinary herb that tastes delicious with the tomato basil sauce. It’s actually even more flavorful when dried. Other ingredients for the sauce include beef broth, butter, salt, and ground flaxseed. Also basil, cilantro, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar.
This hamburger steak recipe tastes really good with the basil as well. Basil is another culinary herb, this particular one is native to Africa and Southeast Asia. The leaves of the basil plant omit a pungent, sweet, and strong aroma.
Other ingredients for the hamburger steak include egg, salt, paprika, and thinly sliced onion. I also like to add onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, and lime juice. Making this recipe is simple on the stove top.
I usually make the meat and the tomato basil sauce at the same time using a skillet and sauce pan. But before I can do that, I mix the ground beef and all the ingredients into 3 patties. Then I heat the oil and onions in the skillet while melting butter in the sauce pan.
Each side of the hamburger steak patties need to cook for approximately 5 minutes. Additionally, the other sauce ingredients need to be thoroughly mixed in with the butter and brought to a simmer for 5 minutes!
Tomato Basil Sauce for Hamburger Steak
This easy hamburger steak recipe with tomato basil sauce is perfect for family lunch or dinner. I made this dish for my husband and kids last night and they absolutely devoured it. My favorite thing to do is cut pieces up and dip them in the sauce.
Ingredients
- Ingredients For The Sauce
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tbsp salt
- 1/2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 tbsp finely chopped basil
- 2 tbsp finely chopped cilantro
- 1/2 tbsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tbsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Ingredients For The Hamburger Steak
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp black garlic powder
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup thinly sliced onion
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp lime juice
Instructions
Directions For The Sauce
Melt the butter in a medium sauce pan then add the tomato paste and whisk
Start adding in the dry sauce ingredients while whisking so nothing clumps up - (salt, flaxseed, dried oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, sugar)
Then add in the chopped basil and chopped cilantro
Lastly add in the beef stock, whisk, and allow to simmer for 5 minutes
Directions For The Hamburger Steak
Combine the beef, egg, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and lime juice in a large mixing bowl
Use a potato masher or even your hands to mix everything together
In a separate small bowl combine all the seasoning and whisk them
Sprinkle the seasoning mixture into the ground beef and mix them all together
Form 3 medium sized patties with the meat mixture
Heat the oil in a large skillet using medium heat
Fry the patties and onion in the oil for approximately 5 minutes per side
Allow them to rest
